• Over 16 - RR 141/3 (Faulkner 1, Hodge 5)

    Hodge comes into the attack, five overs left. Samson takes a single from the first ball, Faulkner is seen paded up, Rajasthan line up the big hitters. WICKET! Samson goes out and Faulkner will come in. Gopal gets the wicket, Harbhajan takes the catch at point. Hodge drives it through the covers, Rayudu does well on the boundary to save a run. A couple of singles to end the over.

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    Over 15 - RR 134/2 (Samson 73)

    Bumrah comes back to stem the run flow. Four, the first ball goes for four, the slower ball goes for four through third man. A couple of runs and to deep third man, Samson also accelerates. A couple more runs and then Samson hits the full toss over point for four more. WICKET! Mumbai finally pull something back, Nair pulls it to and Simmons takes the catch at short midwicket.

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    Over 14 - RR 121/1 (Nair 50, Samson 60)

    Harbhajan Singh comes back to bowl, Mumbai need a wicket or two. Samson reverse sweeps it through point for a couple of runs. A single and then Nair hits another boundary. Four, Nair hits it over short leg for four, Bumrah tries to catch it but can't. A single and then another six, Samson hits it out of the park over long-on. Another big over for RR, Mumbai need dots and wickets.

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    Over 13 - RR 106/1 (Nair 45, Samson 50)

    Ojha into his third over, a couple of singles to start the over. Six, Nair hits it out of the park again, poor ball from Ojha and Nair sends it over midwicket. Four, the next ball is cut through point for four more. Four more to end the over, a reverse chop from Nair, this is looking like a good score now.

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    Over 12 - RR 90/1 (Nair 30, Samson 49)

    Pollard comes back into the attack, Samson takes a single to start the over. Four, Nair is attacking the bowling now, he carves it over cover for four. He should have opened the batting today. Nair takes a single and then Samson hits it through the gap between midwicket and square leg for a couple. Four more, another big over for the Royals, the partnership also goes over 50.

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    Over 11 - RR 78/1 (Nair 25, Samson 42)

    Gopal into his second over, Samson takes a single to start the over. Six, Nair slogs the flighted ball over deep midwicket for a six. Four, ten from two balls, Nair splits the gap between midwicket and long on for another boundary. Four more, Gopal is under pressure, Nair reverse sweeps it for four to third man. Four more to end the over, 19 runs from the over. This is the big over that RR needed.

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    Over 10 - RR 59/1 (Nair 7, Samson 41)

    Pollard comes into the attack, Nair top edges the slower ball over Bumrah's head for a couple of runs. A couple of singles follow. A couple of singles to end the over, Rajasthan going just under 6 per over at the half way stage.

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    Over 9 - RR 53/1 (Nair 4, Samson 39)

    Gopal comes into the attack, signs of leg spin from Mumbai. Four singles from the first four balls and then Samson attacks. Six, he slog sweeps it with lots of power over square leg for a six. 10 runs from the over.

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    Over 8 - RR 43/1 (Nair 2, Samson 31)

    Harbhajan Singh starts his second over, a couple of singles to start the over. Samson then reverse sweeps the ball for a couple more. Five runs from the over.

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    Over 7 - RR 38/1 (Nair 1, Samson 28)

    Ojha starts his second over, Nair comes in to bat. Three singles from the over. Rajasthan going at 5.44 per over.

  • Over 6 - RR 35/1 (Nair 0, Samson 25)

    Harbhajan Singh into the attack, spin from both ends for Mumbai. Four, the first ball goes for four, Watson hits his first boundary, he pulls it over square leg. WICKET! Watson falls, Harbhajan gets a wicket, Pollard takes the catch. Watson hits it skew, in the air and Pollard runs in to take a good, low catch. A single to end the over.

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    Over 5 - RR 30/0 (Watson 4, Samson 24)

    Ojha comes into the attack, Watson starts the over with a single. A wide and then Samson hits the ball for a six out of the park. A couple of singles to end the over. 10 runs from the over.

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    Over 4 - RR 20/0 (Watson 2, Samson 17)

    Bumrah continues from the other end. Three dots to start the over and then Watson guides the ball to third man for a single. Four, Samson punches the full toss through the covers for four to end the over.

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    Over 3 - RR 15/0 (Watson 1, Samson 13)

    Samson mishits the second ball to mid-off, he goes for the drive but does not connect it well. A leg bye and then Samson outside edges the next ball through third man for four. Four more to end the over, 10 runs from it.

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    Over 2 - RR 5/0 (Watson 1, Samson 4)

    Bumrah runs in to bowl from the other end, a slip in place. A maiden from Bumrah to start, Rajasthan 5 for no loss.

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    Over 1 - RR 5/0 (Watson 1, Samson 4)

    Watson and Samson open for Rajasthan, and Mumbai are also in an experimenting mood. They start with Anderson. Watson takes a single through long leg. A slip in place for Samson, but he strides out and drives it through mid-on for four. Five from the first over.

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    Team News

    Corey Anderson will play instead of Marchant de Lange for Mumbai. Rajasthan make three changes, Abhishek Nayar is in for Stuart Binny, Dhawal Kulkarni for Vikram Malik and Ankit Sharma for Rahul Tewatia.

  • Toss

    Mumbai win the toss and elect to field first in this important game.

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    Greetings

    Hello and welcome to our over-by-over coverage of the crucial final game in the league section of the IPL. Rajasthan face Mumbai in Mumbai, both teams need to win, but Mumbai need to win with a better net run rate.